Chapter 57: Bought a car
The Games run until the end of August 12, and the gold medalists are known as the most high-profile players in the Games.
The Olympics have come to an end, but the sponsorship items broadcast by the Olympics have begun to sell well in every field under the operation of the Olympic business model.
After four months of packaging and research, Lester and Hasbro launched the Transformers comics, toys, and animation together, and quickly made a name for themselves as a wave of publicity for the Olympics.
"Transformers" is inevitable to become popular, in addition to the attention of the Olympic world, especially for North America in the eighties, after the rebellion and liberation of the sixties and seventies have just begun to fade, for the generation of people who have returned to thought, this kind of animation and toys with novel ideas, fascinating plots but still conservative values, just right for their needs.
Since its first release in early August, the comics and toys of "Transformers" have sold 1,600 copies and 1,000 batches of toys in a month, and the first season of the "Transformers" animation sold to TV stations is the highest-rated animation.
Even comic book dealers and toy dealers from other countries have come to order, starting a national Transformers craze.
Leaving the Transformers affair to Chris, Lester sits in his office and thinks about the company.
"'Transformers' was a big hit. ”
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles manga sales are slowly increasing. ”
"Wall Street" is scheduled for September 29 on the weekend. ”
The script of "Chaplin" has been handed over to Robert Jr., and he has invited a professional teacher to teach him to imitate the master Chaplin and learn the performance of the scripted role, which will not start filming until next year. ”
Knock! Knock!
Lester tapped his fingers on the armrest, suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he was about to pick up the pen to write, the door was opened, and Dimes walked in.
Lester stopped writing with his pen, looked up at Dimes who was walking and said, "What's wrong?" ”
"Boss, the front desk said that Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis were in the reception room with a script asking to meet. ''Deames came to Leicester and reported;
Lester was a little stunned, and thinking of the recent situation of the two, he stood up thoughtfully and walked towards the reception room, "Go and meet them." ”
Dimes followed Lester to the reception room, and when he saw Emmanuel there, he said in surprise: "Mr. Emmanuel, you didn't go out to do business, why are you here?" ”
Emmanuel pointed to Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis and said, "I invited them." ”
Oh,'' Dimes was enlightened.
"I don't know what script the two of you are going to vote for. ”
Lester greeted the two and sat down to look at them suspiciously.
"Back to the Future, this is the script, you see. ”
Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis glanced at each other, took out the script and put it in front of Lester;
Looking at the script of "Back to the Future" on the table, Lester raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect to guess him correctly, the script that the two of them came to vote for turned out to be this sci-fi script.
Lester didn't pick up the script right away, but said: "If I'm not mistaken, your sci-fi script of "Back to the Future" was first put in Columbia, and then it was thrown to Disney and Universal Pictures. ”
Listening to Lester talk about the difficulty of them submitting scripts and finding someone to shoot, Robert Zemeckis was surprised that Lester was so clear, and said hesitantly: "It was Mr. Michael Douglas who suggested that we come to you in April to cast the script of "Back to the Future", "but... We hesitated until Mr. Emmanuel approached us.
Lester looked at Emmanuel inquiringly, wondering how he had come to love the sci-fi script.
Emmanuel saw Lester's look and knew that there was a play, so he told Lester and Dimes the details of the relationship with the two, and it turned out that Emmanuel was in ICM-International Innovation Management, and heard his colleagues talk about the script of "Back to the Future", which aroused his curiosity, and inquired in many ways, only to know that this was a script that was rejected by many film companies.
Emmanuel felt that this would be a good script, through Michael Douglas, who had worked with Robert Zemeckis, asked for a phone call, and made an appointment with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the first time he saw the plot of the script, he felt very good, and discussed it with the two, and the two were moved by Emmanuel's words and came to Bird Films.
Seeing the looks of the two, they wanted to try their luck, but Lester didn't expect Emmanuel to persuade the two to vote for this classic script.
If memory serves, once the current Emerald overseas box office data is transmitted back to North America, the script of "Back to the Future" will be activated by Universal Pictures, and Lester will miss out on a good script.
Lester picked up the script and read it, the plot in it is exactly the same as the movie he has seen, telling the story of high school student Martin driving a time machine back to 1955 by accident, giving time travel a new imagination, the plot is thrilling, and the dialogue is humorous and evocative......
Putting down the script in his hand, Lester looked at Robert Zemeckis and said with a serious expression: "I can invest the funds for filming this script, what I need to know is why you decided to find us." ”
Hearing that Lester could invest in filming, Robert Zemeckis looked happy, rubbed his hands, and explained with some twist: "That... In addition to the funds that I fancied for Asuka Films, I liked the "True Story of Ah Gan" that you wrote, so after Mr. Emmanuel's persuasion, we decided to invest in Asuka Films. ”
The meaning is already obvious, he is also one of Leicester's fans, and he was persuaded by Emmanuel's talkable mouth, and Dimes didn't expect that the other party still made the decision because he was a fan of the novel, and his expression was a little incredulous.
"The script of "Back to the Future" is directed by Robert Zemeckis, and it can be started the day after tomorrow. ”
Lester heard the reason for the two, and without hesitation, he asked Dimes to go down and prepare, and decided to let Robert Zemeckis direct.
The two sides hit it off, and after a while, Fields came to the reception room with a signed contract and asked the two to sign it.
"I would like to ask Mr. Lester to play the role of George McFly in this play," signed his name, Robert Zemeckis invited;
"I promise. ”
Lester said without thinking;
Sending off Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, Lester was not writing the script and went to the car dealership alone.
After sitting in the car for so long, he felt that he needed to buy a car to drive now.
Walking into the car dealership, Lester walks from car to car.
The female clerk stepped forward and said, "Sir, what price do you need?" ”
"Do you still have a Lamborghini Countach?
Lester asked about the car he wanted.
The female clerk was a little surprised that the other party was looking for a Lamborghini as soon as she came, a Lamborghini Countach cost $150,000, looked at the suit that the other party was wearing, this was a rich man, and enthusiastically led the way: "Of course there is, please come with me." ”
I came to a place where there was a black Lamborghini Countach, and the bull-like logo was very conspicuous, making people remember him at a glance.
"This is the last Lamborghini Countach of the year. ”
The female clerk enthusiastically introduced;
Lester directly took out the information card and said: "Swipe the card, I want these two cars." ”
The female clerk was overjoyed, took the bank card from Lester's hand, and turned to swipe the card.
After paying $150,000, Lester sat in the Lamborghini, started, shifted gears, stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the car dealership.